Ukraine strikes Russian energy infrastructure

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Newshour

2026-07-05

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Ukrainian drones strike Russian energy grids amid growing fuel crisis as Kyiv tries to pressure Moscow into peace talks. We also hear how life in Russian-occupied Crimea is becoming unbearable for some residents. Also in the news: mysterious space debris found on Queensland beaches; and why women are less likely than men to hit the wall in marathons.  (Photo: Smoke rises from an oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow. Credit: Reuters)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Hour from the World Service of the BBC live from London.

  • This is Owen Bennett-Jones.

  • You may have heard in recent weeks that Ukraine

  • has been increasingly successful in its use of drones to attack Russian energy infrastructure.

  • Just last night there was an attack on an oil refinery in St. Petersburg.

  • But Kiev is also moving on another front.

  • Russia's first annexation of Ukrainian land came in 2014 when it took over Crimea.

  • And since then, no one has talked seriously about the Russian grip on Crimea being loosened.

  • But Ukrainian drones have been making a mark in Crimea in recent weeks,

  • hitting air defence facilities, bridges and energy-related targets.

  • And these sustained attacks have really disrupted daily life there, as the BBC's James Beardsworth reports.

  • On the single bridge that connects Crimea to the Russian mainland,

  • traffic stretches for kilometres as cars try to leave the peninsula.